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| Student gets psychic scholarship | Student gets psychic scholarship |
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| A University of Northampton student has been awarded a $3,000 (£1,811)scholarship to complete his studies on telepathy and clairvoyance. | |
| Callum Cooper, from Mansfield, Notts, a final year BSc Psychology student, has been awarded the grant from the Parapsychology Foundation in the US. | Callum Cooper, from Mansfield, Notts, a final year BSc Psychology student, has been awarded the grant from the Parapsychology Foundation in the US. |
| He will be looking into the scientific study of the possible existence of psychic abilities and life after death. | He will be looking into the scientific study of the possible existence of psychic abilities and life after death. |
| He hopes to do a PhD Research Degree on apparitions and hallucinations in 2010. | He hopes to do a PhD Research Degree on apparitions and hallucinations in 2010. |
| 'Haunted locations' | 'Haunted locations' |
| Mr Cooper said: ''My interest in the paranormal began growing up in Nottinghamshire where there is a vast amount of history of hauntings. | Mr Cooper said: ''My interest in the paranormal began growing up in Nottinghamshire where there is a vast amount of history of hauntings. |
| ''I am constantly involved in the investigation of purportedly haunted locations with my own research team... and more recently I have been researching 'Phone Calls and Text Messages from the Dead'." | ''I am constantly involved in the investigation of purportedly haunted locations with my own research team... and more recently I have been researching 'Phone Calls and Text Messages from the Dead'." |
| The University of Northampton is home to the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (CSAPP) within the School of Social Sciences. | The University of Northampton is home to the Centre for the Study of Anomalous Psychological Processes (CSAPP) within the School of Social Sciences. |
| It is one of only a few academic parapsychology research centres within the UK. | It is one of only a few academic parapsychology research centres within the UK. |